Now, researchers at a German headache institute argue that he suffered from migraine headaches. And wove migraine symptoms into his opera, Siegfried.

Wagner did complain to friends about raging headaches. Described pounding and auras. And put them to music.

According to the researchers, Siegfried depicts migraine pounding and visual disturbances. The dwarf, Mime, bangs his hammer and wails about endless agony and painful light.

Another clue? The tempo of the music in Act I. Wagner wanted it played about one-hundred-twenty beats per minute. Which matches the frequency of scientifically recorded aura flickers. A migraine leitmotif!

Finally, in Act Four, we have the arrival of 400-pound winged Tylenol, the goddess of shattered glass—?